DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12938

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12938

    Published: 18 Aug 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12938

    Summary:

    Details: UnRAR before 5.5.7 allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12938

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: unrar-nonfree

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/unrar-nonfree?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:5.5.8-1

    Affected versions

    1:3.5.2-0.1
    1:3.5.2-0.2
    1:3.5.4-0.1
    1:3.5.4-1
    1:3.5.4-1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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